Which teas are best for autumn and winter?

One night a strong north wind blew, and three parts of winter rain came.

Full trees hang golden fruit, the ground is covered with yellow leaves.

Generally speaking, it is only in late October that the season is considered autumn. Autumn weather is often quite cold, and there is a significant difference from winter, which makes this time also known as influenza high season. In addition, during this period of autumn, most crops have been harvested, creating an almost bleak world.

Common sayings go: after summer is over, a healthy person has three parts of deficiency.

In spring and summer, nourish yang; in autumn and winter, nourish yin. The best time to restore and regulate the functions of all organs is during autumn when a proper supplement should be taken.

A rational "nourishing yin" means to adjust and nourish the body to restore its vital energy that was depleted in the hot summer, preparing the body for the storage period.

Drinking tea can prevent and alleviate "autumn dryness".

The first signal is that when you wake up in the morning, your voice starts to hurt. In severe cases, it also comes with sensitive nose, dry skin, dried-out hair, a cold, coughing and epistaxis. Just plain water alone can't effectively quench thirst and soothe autumnal parched throat, tea water however has some beneficial ingredients that can relieve all sorts of discomfort caused by autumnal drought.

Girls, when it comes to moisturizing the skin in autumn, they can't just rely on "spraying water" and also need to focus on internal hydration.

Drinking tea can moisten the lungs.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that autumn corresponds to lung Qi, lungs in charge of respiration, and opens orifices at the nose.

Dry autumn can trigger respiratory discomfort, adding an appropriate amount of honey to tea can moisten lungs.

Drinking tea is not that simple a thing. There are many things to take care of, including the season and the people you're drinking with.

In spring and summer, nourish yang; in autumn and winter, nourish yin. Eat foods that moisten the body and relieve dryness to prevent dryness from damaging yin. According to the principle of "dry with wet", you should mainly drink teas that nourish yin, clear heat, moisten dryness, stop thirst and calm the mind.

There is an old saying that "drink chrysanthemum tea in spring, green tea in summer, blue tea in autumn and red tea in winter," which roughly describes the suitable teas for each of the four seasons.

But the world has no absolute, and with changes in climate and individual differences, there are many tea varieties suitable for autumn. Below is a brief introduction to several tea varieties suitable for drinking in autumn from Tea Encyclopedia.

To drink tea is to gather one's spirits.

It is said in The Great Treatise on the Four Elements: "In autumn, when there are three months, this is called a state of equilibrium. ... Gather and store up vital energy, make the autumnal qi (seasonal change) even, not let one's desires go beyond them, making the lung qi clear. This is what it means for autumn to correspond, and what it means to nourish that which has been gathered."

Autumn belongs to the Metal element, commands punishment and killing, commands gathering. Autumn is when all things ripen, storing their essence in seeds, called gathering. People must let their will be at peace, let autumn's punishing and killing Qi ease, gather one's spirit, lungs clear and calm, in harmony with Heaven's timing.

Tea is clear the mind. Tea, people in among plants and trees, while drinking tea, enjoying tea, first of all is let you calm down, slow pace. Secondly, tea can cheer up mood, delight nature, clear and pure.

A tea suitable for autumn and winter seasons.

Pu-erh tea

Firstly, the main active ingredients of Pu-erh tea (also applicable to naturally fermented green tea) are theaflavin (TR), thearubigin (TF), tea brown pigment (TB), caffeic acid and vitamin C.

Besides, there is the record "Pu-erh tea bitter flavor is effective in clearing oiliness and eliminating poison of sheep and ox" since ancient times in Ben Cao Gang Mu. It was mentioned that pu-erh tea has the effect of reducing fat by clearing oiliness, so it's especially helpful during autumn and winter seasons to reduce the accumulation of fat.

Oolong tea

Between green and red tea, it's not cold nor warm, can clear residual heat and recover body fluid. Oolong tea contains rich organic chemical components and inorganic mineral elements, which often drinking oolong tea can clear heat and detoxify, lower blood fat and cholesterol, have a lot of help in eliminating dryness and losing weight.

For example, a tea like Iron Goddess of Mercy (Jasmine) in autumn is warm and drying, yet its fragrance and spirit are tranquil and harmonious with the times.

Wuyi yancha, "home after all show off the year before last," although this time next year's new tea will be roasted finished, new tea on sale, but if you really want to drink Wuyi yancha, it is still the previous years production tea made in the year before last, the product of true Wuyi rock tea, the fire has fully subsided, mellow and stable, best beverage.

Phoenix Oolong, available in both light and full-bodied versions. The light version is made from last year's high mountain tea, while the rich version is made from aged Phoenix Oolong, smooth and mellow with a subtle floral fruit aroma, giving one a sense of freedom and clarity, pleasing to the heart.

Black tea

Black tea is a fermented type of tea that can lower blood fat, lower blood sugar and also lower blood pressure. People with diabetes can benefit greatly from drinking black tea often.

Drinking black tea regularly can kill bacteria and reduce inflammation, cure gastrointestinal diseases. Black tea also delays aging. You can use the brewed tea to soak your feet to remove odor and reduce inflammation or wash your hair to get rid of dandruff and itchiness.

Especially Guangxi Liubao tea, has a particularly good effect on removing dampness and drying. Persist in drinking it can remove dampness, regulate the stomach, improve the spleen function, improve intestinal function, dispel dampness.

Chrysanthemum tea

Autumn weather is dry and it's inevitable that your eyes will get dry, especially for students and office workers who sit in front of a computer all day.

Chrysanthemum tea has a clearing liver and eyes, antibacterial and disinfectant effect, while Chrysanthemum tea also has the function of lowering blood fat, reducing cholesterol, delaying aging.

Chrysanthemum tea can be made with a suitable amount of goji berries, which can have the effects of nourishing yin and kidney function to enhance intelligence.

Jasmine tea

Jasmine tea, also known as jasmine tea slices, is a type of green tea product processed through special techniques or refined from rough leaves with fresh jasmine flowers. It has the fragrance of jasmine flowers and the refreshing taste of green tea. Therefore, during late summer and early autumn, drinking a cup of jasmine tea can invigorate the mind, refresh the brain, cool the mouth and relieve heat.

The processing of jasmine green tea leads to a chemical reaction, certain polyphenolic compounds are broken down into insoluble proteins and amino acids under wet heat conditions.

White tea

White tea has a sweet taste and a balanced nature, not kneaded or roasted, no near smoke smell, naturally and naturally white tea, moist but not dry, joyous and elegant qualities, can be consumed throughout the four seasons.

White tea production techniques are relatively simple, retaining a higher nutritional component in the tea leaves. Therefore, drinking white tea in autumn is more beneficial to human physical health.

The production process of white tea differs from traditional roasting and fermentation techniques. White tea adopts a traditional craft without roasting or kneading, mainly consisting of wilting and drying processes. Withering is the key link in the initial processing technology of white tea. By withering, the buds are naturally changed at a slow pace, retaining to the maximum extent the active enzymes and polyphenolic substances in the tea leaves.

So green tea is fresh and mellow, and yellow liquor is fragrant. The fragrance is rich and the color of the soup varies from light to gold, orange, red, and bright red, charmingly permeating through body and mind.

White tea is good for your eyes and body as well as your soul!

Whether you understand tea or like it, drinking tea for health is a good and healthy way. However, this must be based on the right way to drink tea. Of course, one also needs to have some understanding of the type of tea.

If you don't have a habit of drinking tea, try starting from this season to drink some tea that suits the season. You never know what kind of effect it might have.